Editing Eric Cantor (section)

==U.S. House of Representatives==
===Committee assignments===
During his first term, Cantor was chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. He has also served on the [[House Financial Services Committee]] and on the [[House International Relations Committee]] and the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|House Ways and Means Committee]].

===Party leadership===
In 2002, weeks after winning a second term, Cantor was appointed by Republican Whip [[Roy Blunt]] to be [[Chief Deputy Whips of the United States House of Representatives|Chief Deputy Republican Whip]], the highest appointed position in the Republican caucus.<ref name="no2 deputy">{{cite news|url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/CANTGAT19_20081119-123005/117520/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121005143030/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/CANTGAT19_20081119-123005/117520/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |title=Cantor named No. 2 Republican in U.S. House |last=Simon |first=Neil H. |date=November 19, 2008 |work=The Richmond Times Dispatch |access-date=April 13, 2010 }}</ref>

[[File:Eric Cantor and Barack Obama shake hands.jpg|thumb|Cantor and other House and Senate leaders meeting with President [[Barack Obama]] in November 2010.]]
On November 19, 2008, Cantor was unanimously elected [[Republican Whip]] for the [[111th Congress]], after serving as deputy whip for six years under Blunt. Blunt had decided not to seek reelection to the post after Republican losses in the previous two elections. Cantor was the first member of either party from Virginia to hold the position of Party Whip. As Whip, Cantor was the second-ranking House Republican, behind Minority Leader [[John Boehner]].  He was charged with coordinating the votes and messages of Republican House members.<ref name=Cantorelected>{{cite news|url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2008/11/19/1001087/cantor-elected-minority-whip|title=Cantor elected minority whip|last=Fingerhut|first=Eric| date=November 18, 2008|publisher=Jewish Telegraph Agency |access-date=April 13, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925223040/http://jta.org/news/article/2008/11/19/1001087/cantor-elected-minority-whip|archive-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref><ref name="no2 deputy"/> Cantor became the [[majority leader]] when the [[112th Congress]] took office on January 3, 2011, after Republicans took back control of the House of Representatives.<ref name=CantorMajorityLeader>{{cite news|url=http://republicanwhip.house.gov/newsroom/2010/11/eric-cantor-elected-majority-leader-for-the-112th-congress.html |title=Eric Cantor Elected Majority Leader for the 112th Congress |last=Cantor |first=Eric |date=November 17, 2010 |publisher=Office of the Minority Whip, US House of Representatives |access-date=November 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124014910/http://republicanwhip.house.gov/newsroom/2010/11/eric-cantor-elected-majority-leader-for-the-112th-congress.html |archive-date=November 24, 2010  }}</ref> In this position, he remained second-in-command to Boehner, who was the leader of the House Republicans.

Cantor was a member of the [[Republican Jewish Coalition]] and the [[Republican National Committee]]. He is one of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party's]] top fundraisers, having raised over $30&nbsp;million for the [[National Republican Congressional Committee]] (NRCC).<ref name="nytimes bio">{{cite news|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/c/eric_cantor/index.html|title=Eric Cantor|work=The New York Times|pages=People|access-date=April 13, 2010|first=Jennifer|last=Preston}}</ref> He is also one of the three founding members of the [[GOP Young Gun|GOP Young Guns Program]]. In the fall of 2010, Cantor wrote a ''New York Times'' bestselling book, ''Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders'', with the other two founding members of Young Guns.<ref name="bestseller">{{cite news| url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0910/Young_Guns_hits_NYT_best_seller_list.html |title=Young Guns hits NYT best seller list|last=Sherman|first=Jake| date=September 24, 2010|publisher=Politico|access-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref> They describe the vision outlined in the book as "a clear agenda based on common sense for the common good".<ref name="amazon">{{cite book|title=Amazon.com: Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders|last=Cantor|first=Eric|date=September 14, 2010|publisher=Threshold Editions|isbn=978-1451607345}}</ref> Cantor said in 2010 that he worked with the [[Tea Party movement]] in his district.<ref>{{cite video|people=Eric Cantor|title=Eric Cantor Discusses The Tea Party & The Road Ahead On "Imus in the Morning"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JnA5jw6yU4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/1JnA5jw6yU4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|date=November 10, 2010|publisher=YouTube (Google)|time=3:00|access-date=August 30, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

As House Majority Leader, Cantor was named in House Resolution 368, which was passed by the [[United States House Committee on Rules|House Rules Committee]] on the night of September 30, 2013, the night before the [[United States federal government shutdown of 2013|October 2013 government shutdown]] began, as the only member of the House with the power to bring forth bills and resolutions for a vote if both chambers of Congress disagree on that bill or resolution. Prior to the resolution's passing in committee, it was within the power of every member of the House under House Rule XXII, Clause 4 to be granted privilege to call for a vote. This amendment to the House rules was blamed for causing the partial government shutdown and for prolonging it since Cantor refused to allow the Senate's continuing resolution to be voted on in the House. Journalists and commentators noted during the shutdown that if the Senate's version of the continuing resolution were to be voted on, it would have passed the House with a majority vote since enough Democrats and Republicans supported it, effectively ending the government shutdown.<ref>{{cite news|title=The House GOP's Little Rule Change That Guaranteed A Shutdown|author=Scott, D.|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/the-house-gop-s-little-rule-change-that-guaranteed-a-shutdown?c=upworthy|newspaper=TPM|date=October 10, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=House Republicans Changed The Rules So A Majority Vote Couldn't Stop The Government Shutdown|author=Alman, A.|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/13/house-republicans-rules-change_n_4095129.html|newspaper=HuffPost|date=October 13, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=As Democrats seethe over GOP tactics, video over rules change goes viral|author=Eilperin, J.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/10/14/as-democrats-seethe-over-gop-tactics-video-over-rules-change-goes-viral/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 14, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref>

===Legislation===
Cantor was a strong supporter of the [[Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act]], which he was the one to name in Gabriella Miller's honor.<ref name="WPgabriellastory"/> The bill, which passed in both the House and the Senate, would end taxpayer contributions to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and divert the money in that fund to pay for research into [[Childhood cancer|pediatric cancer]] through the [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref name=WPgabriellastory>{{cite news|last=Gibson|first=Caitlin|title=Federal pediatric medical research act named for Gabriella Miller|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/federal-pediatric-medical-research-act-named-for-gabriella-miller/2013/11/14/f87b42e0-4d72-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2019cbo>{{cite web|title=H.R. 2019 – CBO|url=http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hr2019.pdf|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> The total funding for research would come to $126&nbsp;million over 10 years.<ref name="WPgabriellastory"/><ref name="2019cbo"/> As of 2014, the [[United States presidential nominating convention|national conventions]] got about 23% of their funding from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.<ref name=HooperConventionWipeout>{{cite news|last=Hooper|first=Molly K.|title=Convention wipeout coming soon?|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/196920-convention-wipeout/|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=January 30, 2014}}</ref> Cantor said that the bill "clearly reflects Congressional priorities in funding: medical research before political parties and conventions".<ref name="WPgabriellastory"/>